YouTube is probably one of the humblest social networks. While Instagram or
Facebook updates are widely discussed in top tech outlets, YouTube
novelties often get unnoticed by users. So the
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team has prepared a short digest of what had recently happened to YouTube.

YouTube/Fashion

At the beginning of September, YouTube launched a vertical dedicated to
fashion and beauty content. YouTube/Fashion videos -
luxury brands’ content and beauty bloggers’ vids - are collected by the
service editors and presented to users in a convenient way. Fashion lovers
are capable of finding the content they like scrolling the main page, which
has several sections:

Wardrobe Tours are hosted by famous fashion influencers to inspire you.

Careers in Fashion reveal tips on how to get into the
fashion industry and tells career stories.

How to Style. The name speaks for itself - style tips and
tutorials.

With this new vertical, YouTube tries to structurize the content, which
generates billions of views and, relatively, brings money, new creators,
and advertisers on the platform.

To follow your favorite fashionistas and stay on top of fashion/beauty
trends, you can subscribe to the whole category or single blogger in one
click. And don’t forget to
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the most interesting channels and playlists to enjoy online.

YouTube Kids

YouTube Kids is spelled without the vertical on purpose. The thing is, that
before the school year started, YouTube launched the YouTube Kids platform
with no big announcements and on a separate domain.

The new desktop version is a duplicate of the YouTube Kids mobile app where
parents are to decide which content matches their kids based on their age.
The site also allows tracking watch history and report the content, which
is by mistake, appeared in the app or website and is not allowed for kids.

While registering, parents can turn off the search function and thus
prevent their children from watching some random videos. The lock sign at
the top right corner leads to settings available for parents only, where
they can adjust the content, turn off/on the search function, clear and
track watch and search history, and read the YouTube Kids’ parents guide.

The reason why YouTube has launched Kids on a separate platform is the US
FTC’s investigation on YouTube’s collecting private data of users under
thirteen to target ads on them.

According to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, such actions are
illicit.

YouTube/Originals

Since September 24th, YouTube Originals is free to watch. YouTube promised
to provide free access to its original series to non-Premium members.
Before, only those who paid for Premium were capable of watching the
series, movies, and original live events. Starting from September 24th,
YouTube/Originals is an ad-supported vertical.

But still, Premium members will enjoy their benefits - ad-free content, the
right to be the first ones to watch any new episodes, directors’ bonus
scenes and backstages.

YouTube Charts and Insights

In September, YouTube announced that the platform wouldl no longer consider
paid views of music videos within the first 24 hours after the clip has
been uploaded as a factor ranking the content. The alternation touches upon
music videos, lyric videos, and audio tracks. After the announcement, only
organic views will have an impact on a chart position.

Many music labels and their marketers pay for views to get on top of the
charts. Now, this opportunity is no longer accessible. As YouTube
claim
s, they want the platform to be “a place where all artists are accurately
recognized and celebrated for achieving success and milestones.”

Now music charts include videos that have loads of organic views trafficked
from social media channels, external sites, search results, Trending, and
home page.

To a greater extent, the alternation relates to the Trending section in
charts, which is updated several times a day.

YouTube Music App on Android 10

YouTube Music App will be by default installed in Android 10 and Android 9
devices, including the Pixel series. All Android 10 users are soon able to
enjoy their favorite tracks just in one click with no additional downloads.
Google Play Music will be replaced by YouTube Music App, but will still be
available for downloads in Google Play Store.